Princess Anne Police Chief Russell Pecoraro stands in front of the old Somerset County Jail, built in the 1850s that's part of the town police department headquarters.

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PRINCESS ANNE Russell Pecoraro, who served as Princess Anne's police chief from 1998 to 2007, has died, the department announced this afternoon.

No other details were released.

Pecoraro "was vital to numerous town traditions that continue today," the department said in a press release. He was involved with starting the town's farmer's market and Hot Dogs in the Park, and the led the renovations of the former Somerset County jail that now serves as ...